Facebook says group used computer-generated faces to push pro-Trump message

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Facebook Inc has taken down a well-financed campaign that used dozens of artificially generated faces to spread pro-Trump and anti-Chinese ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc has taken down a well-financed campaign that used dozens of artificially generated faces to spread pro-Trump and anti-Chinese government messages, the company and outside researchers said on Friday.

The amount is almost 100 times what Facebook said https://about.fb.com/news/2017/09/information-operations-update Russia's infamous troll farm spent in the run-up to and shortly after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The BL, whose website lists its headquarters as a single-family home in Middletown, New York, did not immediately return emails seeking comment. Its listed phone number rang unanswered.

"Alongside pro-Trump material, these assets posted large quantities of material attacking his critics and rivals, often presenting users with a partisan statement and urging them to respond if they agreed," the researchers wrote in their report.

 

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